Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The populist option -- References -- Chapter 1 Preliminary elements of the concept of populism -- A meaningful ambiguity -- Social expression of sovereignty -- A minimum definition of the concept -- References -- Part 1 Theorists -- Chapter 2 Gino Germani: National-populism and modernization -- References -- Chapter 3 Edward Shils: Public sphere and populism in the US -- References -- Chapter 4 Ghi?a Ionescu and Ernest Gellner: Modern studies of populism -- Reference -- Chapter 5 Margaret Canovan and the shadow of democracy -- References -- Chapter 6 Laclau: The construction of the political -- References -- Chapter 7 Mény and Surel: Sovereignty, constitution and the people -- References -- Chapter 8 The recent debate -- References -- Part 2 Major cases -- Chapter 9 Russian populism -- References -- Chapter 10 Perón and Peronism -- References -- Chapter 11 Left-turn and neo-populisms in Latin America -- References -- Chapter 12 Italian neo-populism -- References -- Part 3 Other typologies and other problems -- Chapter 13 Penal populism -- Glamourization -- Destatisticalization -- Restorative and reparative penalties -- References -- Chapter 14 Cultural populism -- References -- Chapter 15 Media populism -- References -- Chapter 16 Constitutional populism -- References -- Chapter 17 How to study populism: Analytical prospects for social research -- Community-people, social mobilization and inclusion -- Direct social expression of sovereignty and social disintermediation -- Manichean discourse, social polarization and political polarization -- Cultural backlash, cosmopolitism, nationalisms and racism -- References -- Chapter 18 Concluding remarks. Democracy and populism: Which perspectives?